Display device

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device including a first substrate having a first end portion, a second substrate facing the first substrate and having a second end portion separated from the first end portion, a liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate, a light-emitting element facing the second end portion, a first sealing member bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, and a low refractive area located between the first substrate and the second substrate, located between the second end portion and the first sealing member in planar view, and containing a material having a refractive index lower than that of the second substrate.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A display device comprising:
 a first substrate having a first end portion located in a non-display area around a display area where an image is displayed; 
 a second substrate facing the first substrate and having a second end portion separated from the first end portion toward the display area in the non-display area; 
 a third substrate facing the second substrate and having a third end portion overlapping the second end portion in the non-display area; 
 a liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate and containing a stripe-shaped polymer and liquid crystal molecules; 
 a light-emitting element facing the second end portion and the third end portion; and 
 a first sealing member which is closer to the display area than the second end portion is in the non-display area and bonds the first substrate and the second substrate together, wherein 
 the second substrate is located between the first substrate and the third substrate, 
 the first sealing member is closer to the display area than the second end portion and the third end portion are in the non-display area and bonds the first substrate and the second substrate together, 
 at least one of a metal member and an inorganic insulating film is located on a first area between the second end portion and the first sealing member in planar view, and does not overlap the first sealing member in the planar view, and 
 the first area is a low refractive area and a width of the area in a direction from the second end portion toward the first sealing member is five times or more a width of first sealing member in the direction. 
 
     
     
       2. The display device of  claim 1 , wherein the low refractive area is an air layer. 
     
     
       3. The display device of  claim 1 , further comprising a second sealing member separated from the first sealing member toward the second end portion in the non-display area and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together. 
     
     
       4. The display device of  claim 3 , wherein the low refractive area is located between the first sealing member and the second sealing member. 
     
     
       5. The display device of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the metal member and the inorganic film in contact with the second substrate.